# Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio dies at home in Santiago, aged 52

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sebastian-lelio-chilean-director-of-oscar-winning-a-fantastic-woman-dies-at-52/
- Published: 2026-11-06T21:07:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T21:20:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sebastian-lelio-dead-fantastic-woman-1236941486/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- No new confirmed details have emerged about Lelio’s death.
- His partner cited health reasons and asked for privacy.
- “A Fantastic Woman” won the 2018 Oscar and helped spur reforms.

## Summary

There are no new confirmed details about Sebastián Lelio’s death: the Chilean filmmaker died at home in Santiago on Friday, aged 52. His partner, actress Amalia Kassai, said the death was due to health reasons and asked for privacy for the family.

Lelio directed “A Fantastic Woman”, which won the 2018 Oscar for best foreign language film and helped lead to reforms on trans identification in Chile. His other films included “Gloria Bell”, “Disobedience” and “The Wonder”; his most recent film was “The Wave”, and he had been working on “Chilean Poet”.

## Coverage

- [Variety: Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio dies at home in Santiago, aged 52](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sebastian-lelio-dead-fantastic-woman-1236941486/)
- [The Hollywood Reporter: Sebastián Lelio, Chilean Filmmaker Behind ‘Disobedience,’ ‘The Wonder’ and the Oscar-Winning ‘A Fantastic Woman,’ Dies at 52](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sebastian-lelio-dead-fantastic-woman-disobedience-chili-1236749704/)

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